<p>The boy advantage is quite limited in all but a few LACs. I see girls who want to be engineers or math majors having a great admit advantage in tech schools or engineering programs at general colleges. Since girls having higher GPAs, they probably have the advantage at stats driven, flagship State Us.</p>
<p>In my oldest son’s HS class (2007) the National Honor Society admits are based solely on GPA, with community service later required. Fully 2/3 of the inductees were girls. There were 6 National Merit Semi-finalists that year (3 boys and 3 girls). My son was the only boy that mde it to finalist status, while all three girls did.</p>
<p>While boys should not be given a pass for being lazy or unmotivated, they may also learn differently and mature later. Look at any group of 8th graders or HS freshman. The girls look like young ladies while very few boys look like young men and most still look like boys. There is a reason why elementary and middle schools do not require the level of homework that high schools do - kids are not mature enough to handle this. For many boys, that immaturity continues into high school. </p>
<p>Things have changed. I don’t know any girls that believe they can’t be anything they want to be.</p>